epa08751705 US President Donald J. Trump speaks during his Make America Great Again Rally campaign event at Middle Georgia Regional Airport in Macon, Georgia, USA, 16 October 2020. Trump faces Democratic Party nominee and former Vice President Joe Biden in the 03 November 2020 general election. EPA/ERIK S. LESSER
Trump described Biden as ‘the worst candidate in the history of American politics’ (Picture: EPA)

Donald Trump has threatened to leave the United States if he is beaten by Joe Biden in the presidential election as he trails behind in the polls.

The president said he would ‘not feel so good’ if he lost to ‘the worst candidate in the history of American politics’ during a rally in Georgia last night.

It comes after a major poll on Thursday put Biden at 11 percentage points ahead. A survey of Florida voters also claimed the Republican is behind by three points.

Addressing supporters in Macon, Georgia, on Friday evening, Trump said: ‘Running against the worst candidate in the history of American politics puts pressure on me. Could you imagine if I lose? My whole life, what am I going to do?

‘I’m going to say, I lost to the worst candidate in the history of politics.  I’m not going to feel so good. Maybe I’ll have to leave the country, I don’t know.’

Political action committee The Lincoln Project, which aims to prevent Trump from being re-elected, shared footage of the president’s claim, saying: ‘Promise?’

A record 23 million Americans have already voted with less than three weeks to go until the election.

Trump named Joe Biden ‘the worst candidate in the history of American politics’ (Picture: ABC via Getty Images)
President Donald Trump waves as he walks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Oct. 16, 2020, after stepping off Marine One. Trump is returning from a campaign event in Macon, Ga. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
The president has just recovered from coronavirus (Picture: AP)

Trump and Biden are set to battle over several key swing states – Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – on November 3.

Biden is leading in all of the battleground states, according to polls – but this doesn’t guarantee a victory for the Democratic candidate.

The 2016 election polls predicted a win for Hillary Clinton over Trump, but she was defeated in the electoral college.

During his speech, Trump also called for the Biden family to be jailed, based on unsupported claims that Biden’s son Hunter introduced a Ukrainian businessman to his father.

Attendees of the rally chanted ‘lock him up’ after the president branded the Democrat a ‘corrupt politician’.

Biden campaigned in Detroit yesterday where he criticised Trump’s behaviour during the coronavirus crisis. The President has been reluctant to wear a face covering, even after becoming ill with Covid-19 himself.

Biden said: ‘The longer Donald Trump is president, the more reckless he gets.’

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